Haissam is back with two shows
The first one is a period love story, and the other is a mystery show
Haissam Hussain, the maker of such iconic drama serials as Nur Pur Ki Rani (2009), Durr e Shahwar (2012), and Aunn Zara (2013), all of which were famously aired on Zee’s Zindagi TV channel also, is now ready to explore the territory of web shows. Talking exclusively to tabloid!, Hussain says that he is working on two web series simultaneously.
“Each of these has a different genre,” he reveals. “The first one is a period love story, and the other is a mystery play.”
Earlier, Hussain attempted a period drama famously well in Dastaan (2010), which had an ensemble cast comprising Fawad Khan, Saba Qamar, Ahsan Khan, Sanam Baloch, Babrik Shah, and Mehreen Raheal. It won him huge acclaim.
When asked if a period love story is a winning idea, at a time when Netflix and Amazon are churning out bold and neo-realistic web series such as Narcos, and Fawad Khan ‘Dastaan’. Qamar in Orange Is the New Black, 13 Reasons Why and India’s own Lust Stories and Sacred Games, Hussain says: “It’s about the pace of your show; if it’s correct, you’ve got it made. Consider [Netflix’s] The Crown, for instance.”
He also insists that working for web has allowed him to “do the kind of things I always wanted to.”
He doesn’t reveal the name of the portal he’s making the series for, but only says that it’s for “an international platform.”